蠆

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 18
Simplified Form: 虿

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chài
Cantonese: caai3
JapaneseOn: TAI TATSU TACHI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a kind of scorpion; a sting in the tail

CE-Dict: (scorpion)/an insect

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of scorpion

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蠆
【唐韻】丑犗切【集韻】【韻會】丑邁切，𠀤音慸。【玉篇】螫蟲。【詩·小雅】彼君子女，卷髮如蠆。【箋】蠆尾末揵然，似婦人髮末曲上卷然。【孝經緯】蜂蠆垂芒，爲其毒在後。【左傳·僖二十二年】蠭蠆有毒。【註】《通俗文》云：蠆，長尾謂之蠍。【魏志·華佗傳】彭城夫人夜之廁，蠆螫其手，佗令溫湯漬其中。　又人名。【左傳·襄九年】公孫蠆、公孫舍之及其大夫門子，皆從鄭伯。　又與蔕通。【張衡·西京賦】睚眦蠆芥。【註】蠆芥，刺鯁也。　又【集韻】他達切，音撻。義同。　或作䘍。

CF-Dict: scorpion